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  <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webtop"&gt;WebOS’s&lt;/a&gt; (sometimes called Webtops) are online systems designed to resemble a standard PC desktop while making it accessible from anywhere in the world. These virtual desktops look and feel like a Windows desktop (or Linux or Mac) but work through a Web browser making any Web capable computer a portal to your applications and data. None of these systems are mature enough to replace your operating system just yet but they show promise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://franticindustries.com/blog/2006/12/21/big-webos-roundup-10-online-operating-systems-reviewed/"&gt;Big WebOS roundup - 10 online operating systems reviewed&lt;/a&gt; has a nice review of the 10 different WebOS’s that’s worth reading. To satisfy my own curiosity, I decided to give these services a spin for myself. While interesting, none of these systems are ready for commercial use (IMHO). To cut to the chase, the only two worth a look are Goowy and YouOS. &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;Upate: A reader pointed out that DesktopTwo is working. The outage I experienced was temporary. It has since come back on line. After trying it I agree with the reader that it is indeed a solid product and worth consideration.&lt;/font&gt; I could see something like this working in a corporate environment. As for me, I’ll stick with my laptop for now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.craythur.com/"&gt;Craythur.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Works, demo only. Nice feel and fast.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://desktoptwo.com/"&gt;Desktoptwo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://blueonionsoftware.com/Blog/Images/Blog/smile19.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;A reader commented that he felt my assessment a bit hasty. When tried to login earlier, I got the message below. I went back and indeed, DesktopTwo is really quite good. Possibly better than the others. Thanks for the heads up!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“output=error&amp;msg=Could not connect to the database&amp;” (Need I say more?)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://eyeos.org/"&gt;Eyeos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Worth a look. Still too early for practical use.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glidedigital.com/"&gt;Glide&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Free registration requires an SMS capable cell phone to receive the registration code. No thank you…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goowy.com/"&gt;Goowy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://blueonionsoftware.com/Blog/Images/Blog/smile19.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second best experience of the bunch. The best looking in my opinion. Keep an eye on this one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.orcaa.com/"&gt;Orcaa&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;IE only (no Firefox support yet). Interesting concept but could not get it to work with IE7.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.purefect.org/"&gt;Purefect&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Shows a lot of promise. Early stage of development. No real applications yet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://giffard.dynalias.net/ssoe/"&gt;SSOE&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Too early to tell. Huge icons. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xindesk.com/"&gt;Xindesk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Not available yet. Only screen shots&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;Update: The author points out that there is a demo link on the blog page. Tried it. Very nice. Looks like it’s early in development which likely explains some of the slowness I experienced. Should be a contender.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youos.com/"&gt;YouOS&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src="http://blueonionsoftware.com/Blog/Images/Blog/smile19.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Easily the best system going. I like the look of Goowy better but YouOS is further along in development. It has an editor and several Web browsers. Worth a look. &lt;/p&gt;
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